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Rochester, NY

• Long-term Care and Short-term Rehabilitation
• Provides high quality-of-care while maintaining productivity standards
• Values relationship-building while assisting with individual rehabilitation goals
• Maintains integrity, professionalism and commitment to both residents and staff
• Works closely with family members and social workers to ensure appropriate discharge planning

NY

• Long-term Care, Short-term Rehabilitation and Acute Care
• Experienced with various hospital-based electronic documentation systems
• Provided patient status updates to multidisciplinary care team during daily meetings
• Monitored patient vital signs, adjusted treatments, and communicated change-in-status
• Provided additional patient care with acute or transitional care unit on a monthly basis

Rochester, NY

• Facilitated safe and effective wellness routine
• Supervised proper functioning of pool and pool area
• Established encouraging communication with community members

Rochester, NY

• Monitored the wellness center as fitness members used the equipment to ensure general safety and equipment function
• Demonstrated safe, effective ranges-of-motion and exercise control. Demonstrated and instructed on proper exercise form
• Understood the prevention, detection, and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, as well as basic emergency procedures

Syracuse, New York Area

• Acute Rehabilitation Floor and Acute Care Unit
• Treated patients with neurological impairments: CVA, MS, TBI, CNS lesions, and SCI
• Designed interventions to improve static/dynamic balance, neuromuscular re-education, coordination, and gait
• Assisted with fits of C-spine collar, TLSO's and abdominal binders; attended an in-service presentation on Prosthetic equipment
• Educated patients and families about recovery after stroke, amputation, total… Show more Acute Rehabilitation Floor and Acute Care Unit
• Educated patients and families about recovery after stroke, amputation, total joint surgery, ORIF procedures, and orthopedic injuries

• Transitional Care Unit, Outpatient Rehabilitation Department, and Acute Care Unit
• Completed thorough chart reviews for significant co-morbid factors
• Rotated through three different settings during a singular, five-week affiliation
• Carried half of the patient caseload (6-8 patients a day) by the second week of the acute-care internship
• Presented the evidence-based topic "Are Neck Pain and Pulmonary Function Associated?" to a twenty-person, multi-disciplinary audience

Canandaigua, NY

• Aquatic Therapy and Outpatient Rehabilitation Department
• Monitored changes in patient status, modified treatments accordingly and communicated updates to relevant staff
• Implemented orthopedic interventions based on the principles of pulmonary and muscular endurance, strengthening, passive-range of-motion, stretching, and pain management

Rochester, NY

• Responsible for organization-wide grant submissions
• Led biweekly, multi-department grant meetings
• Proficient user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Physical Therapist Assistant

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Elementary And Special Education